Contributors to WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean would like to acknowledge those who have supported WHO's work in the Region since 2014.
Member States
Afghanistan | Italy | Saudi Arabia |
Australia | Japan | South Africa |
Brazil | Jordan | Spain (in Spanish) |
Canada | Kuwait | Sudan |
China | Lebanon | Sweden |
Croatia | Libya | Switzerland |
Denmark | Luxembourg | Syrian Arab Republic |
Egypt | Norway | Tunisia |
Finland | Oman | Turkey |
France | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates |
Germany | Qatar | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Hungary | Republic of Korea | United States of America |
Ireland | Russian Federation | Yemen |
International and intergovernmental organizations
United Nations organizations
Nongovernmental organizations
Saudi National Campaign to Support People in Syria | International Health Partners | Norwegian Aid Committee |
Agence de Medecine Preventive | International Medical Corps | Norwegian Association for the Disabled |
Anti Tuberculosis Association - Afghanistan Program | International Rescue Committee | Program for Appropriate Technology in Health |
BRAC | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease |
Qatar Red Crescent Society |
Carter Center | Islamic Relief USA | Relief International |
CBM International | Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society | Rotary International |
Handicap International | Les Amis du Liban | Save the Children Federation, Inc. |
Health Action International | Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association |
Sightsavers |
Human Appeal International | National Philanthropic Trust | World Vision International |
IMPACT-EMR | Network for Education and Support in Immunisation |
Foundations
United Nations organizations
Private sector
Bayer AG | Kobe Group | Sanofi-Aventis |
Gilead Sciences Inc. | Merck | |
GlaxoSmithKline | Novartis |
Other
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research | HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein | Roll Back Malaria Partnership |
Health Metrics Network |
programme
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
First day: Technical forum
08:00–08:30 Registration
08:30–9:30 Opening Session: Maternal and child health initiative in the Region: What’s it all about?
• RD/WHO/EMRO
• RD/UNICEF/MENARO
• RD/UNFPA/ASRO
9:30–11:00 Session 1: The global and regional situation
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, UAE and Regional Director UNICEF
• Global progress towards MDGs 4 & 5: Dr F. Bustreo
• Regional overview of maternal and child health: Dr H. Madi
• Successful experiences in meeting the challenges in maternal, neonatal and child health in MDGs priority countries in the Region: Country presentations, Ministers of Health of Egypt, Morocco and Yemen
• Review of constraints, challenges and lessons learned: Dr Carole Presern
• Discussion
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–12:30 Session 2 : Scaling up
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Oman and Regional Director UNFPA
• Packages of essential interventions: Professor Z. Bhutta
• Cost and impact of scaling up interventions: Dr Elizabeth Mason/Dr Mikael Ostergren
• Discussion
12:30–14:00 Lunch Break
14:00–16:30 Session 3: Country accelerated plans
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Lebanon and Professor Z. Bhutta
• Country acceleration plans for MDGs 4 and 5 – an overview
• Ministerial panel: Progress made with special emphasis on human resources, commodities, and accountability
16:30–17:00 Coffee break
17: 00 - 17:30 Session 4: next steps
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Jordan and Regional Director WHO
• Follow-up in countries, coordination mechanisms, partnerships and partnering
17:30–18:30 Drafting Committee: finalization of the Dubai Declaration
Wednesday 30 January 2013
Second day: Rising to the challenge
08:30–09:30 Inaugural Session
• Opening remarks: Regional Directors of UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO
• Address by UN Messenger of Peace and Chairperson of Dubai Health Care City Authority HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai
• Film: “Saving the lives of mothers and children” Rising to the challenge
09:30–10:00 Coffee Break
10:00–11:00 Session 1: Highlighting the Need
Co-Chairs: Minister of Health, Tunisia and Dr F. Bustreo
• Film: ‘Why did Mrs X Die’?
• Outcome of the Technical Forum: Minister of Health, Afghanistan
• Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region:
Rising to the Challenge - A plan to scale up, Dr S. Ben Yahmed
11:00–13:00 Session 2: Together we can rise to the challenge
• Statements and commitments from Ministers of Health of the 10 high-burden countries
• Statements and commitments by partners/donors: USAID, Qatar Foundation, Gulf Cooperation Council, GAVI
13:00–13:30 Session 3: Closing Ceremony: Forging the change - Commitment to maternal and child health
• Dubai Declaration
• Closing and Group Photo